Plane wreckage found in Indian Ocean — 'there is a chance' it's from missing Flight MH370

Aviation experts are speculating that wreckage found washed up on
a French island in the Indian Ocean could be from missing
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared more than a
year ago.

Reuters

The French air force has confirmed that some debris has been
found on Reunion Island, but officials told
CNN that it's too soon to tell if it's from MH370.

Xavier Tytelman, a former French military pilot who now
specializes in aviation security,
told The Telegraph that he thinks the wreckage could possibly
be from the plane that went missing while flying from Kuala
Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.

"I've been studying hundreds of photos and speaking to
colleagues," Tytelman told The Telegraph. "And we all think it is
likely that the wing is that of a Boeing 777 — the same
plane as MH370.

"Police in Reunion examining the wreckage say that it looks like
it's been in the water for around a year, which again would fit
with MH370. We can't say for certainty, but we do think there is
a chance that this is it."

Experts and journalists, including The Wall Street Journal's
aerospace and Boeing beat reporter, are circulating photos on
social media and discussing possibilities:

MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board.
Investigators believe the plane crashed somewhere in the Indian
Ocean, but search teams have not yet identified a single piece of
wreckage from the aircraft.

The southern Indian Ocean, where the plane is thought to have
gone down, is so remote that it's difficult to access and hard to
spot anything.

Reunion Island is near Madagascar, and crews have been focusing
the search on the area of the ocean closer to Australia.

Tytelman said we could have a definitive answer about Reunion
wreckage within a few days based on a code that can be seen on a
piece of the debris.

Boeing sent Business Insider this statement: "Boeing remains
committed to supporting the MH370 investigation and the search
for the airplane. We continue to share our technical expertise
and analysis. Our goal, along with the entire global aviation
industry, continues to be not only to find the airplane, but also
to determine what happened — and why. In accordance with
international protocol governing aviation accident
investigations, inquiries relating to an active investigation
must be directed to the investigator in charge."